Professor Stewart is a global leading expert on precipitation processes within winter storms. He plays leading roles internationally, including the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment and now its new initiative on climate extremes.

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STEWART, Ronald E. –Department of Environment and Geography, University of Manitoba
Professor Stewart is a global leading expert on precipitation processes within winter storms. As the scientific leader for the Canadian Atlantic Storms Program, the Beaufort and Arctic Storms Experiment and the Mackenzie GEWEX Study and now co-lead for the Storm Studies in the Arctic experiment and the Drought Research Initiative, he has led the way in Canadian research with extensive publications, special issues of journals and books, and supervision of graduate students. He has been President of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society. He plays leading roles internationally, including the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment and now its new initiative on climate extremes.